I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Lyft (South San Francisco, CA) in Aug 2020
Interview
Lyft recruiter contacted me for an interview. The phone interview went well. They scheduled for a final round interview. I asked for more time to prepare. The recruiter cancelled my interviews and did not reply to me emails. After I reach out to the first recruiter, they scheduled another set of interviews for me. The interviews are not hard, 1 coding question and two design questions. I passed both design questions and did well in the coding one.
After two days, the recruiter replied that my background does not match. There are better candidates. He did not even border to give me a call and explain to me what did not go well.
Jumping into the technical phone screen, I was pleasantly surprised when the interviewer asked me to design a driver-rider matching service, something I had just practiced in-depth on PracHub. The prep I did really paid off, as I navigated the complexities of indexing live driver locations and addressing high write rates with confidence. The full virtual onsite included two coding rounds and a system design question, along with behavioral interviews. While I appreciated the opportunity, I ultimately declined the offer for different reasons unrelated to the team. The overall experience was intense but rewarding.
I applied online. I interviewed at Lyft (Ciudad de Mexico) in May 2026
Interview
Solo llegue al challenge que es leet code hard de los mas comunes es una ventana de desplazamiento esta protectorado con un humano.
El screening es bastante especifico y se hace con recruiter validan ingles y que des ejemplos de proyectos de sistemas distribuidos en tu haber.
El problema con los leetcode es que dejan de lado a los candidatos neurodivergentes que piensan en profundidad.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Lyft (San Francisco, CA) in May 2026
Interview
the process is pretty straightforward. first recruiter screen, tech screen, and then onsite (system design, behavioral, and laptop). you may or may not meet the manager of the team you are interviewing for during the onsite behavioral. the laptop round is basically OOD.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tech screen is leetcode specific, system design is OOD related, and behavioral has bunch of questions instead of talking about one specific projects.
